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. 2017 Jan 11;6:7. doi: 10.1186/s13756-016-0167-7

Table 4.

Prediction of clinical strain by screening sites according to diagnosis

Diagnosis Clinical clone Concordant screening sites Discordant screening sites
EA P Rc U EA P Rc U
VAP A + + + +
K2 + +
E1 + +
I1 + + +
R + +
S1 + + +
S2 + + +
U + + +
Screen site utility for VAP (%) 7/8 (87) 6/8 (75) 4/8 (50) NA NA 1/8 (12) 4/8 (50) NA
SSI B1 + +
C2 +
O + +
P + + + +
Screen site utility for SSI (%) 2/4 (50) 2/4 (50) 2/4 (50) 1/4 (25) NA NA 2/4 (50) NA
BSI G + + +
IAI D1 +
Screen site utility for all infections (%) 10/14 (71) 9/14 (64) 8/14 (57) 1/14 (7) NA 1/14 (7) 6/14 (43) NA

VAP ventilator associated pneumonia, SSI surgical site infection, BSI blood stream infection, IAI intraabdominal infection, EA endotracheal aspirate, P pharynx, Rc rectum, U urine